Off-beat travel guides for those who travel off the beaten path

Each year as the dogwoods come into bloom and the first green peach fuzz of grass sprouts in the front yard, I begin to emerge from the winter-long seasonal affective disorder that plagues my waning youth. Conveniently, television is going into rerun season, so there's no need to stay at home to see whether Ally McBeal will finally find undying love, or if Law and Order's Lenny Briscoe...